Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
— Article 19, United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Right
Introduction to the Media What is "media"? Media is a various meaning for communication, wich are owned and controlled by big business and government.Its any Kind of format used to send out information to a large number of people. What is the purpose of the media? The purpose of media is to inform the public, help shape the public policy agenda and priorities. What are different examples of media? There are various types of media like;
Issue: After you've had somebody say to you for the thousandth time, “How come we never hear about these issues in the media,” you start to realize that the media itself is an issue — Svend Robinson, 1997 [quoted from Rich Media, Poor Democracy by Robert McChesney, p.315]
Whenever possible, its strategy of choice is omission; it is exceedingly difficult for media consumers to quetion what is absent.
Steinlight,Stephen. Reading. Center for Immigration Studies, Washington D.C.December 2007 Solutions
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.— Article 19, United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Right
Introduction to the Media
What is "media"? Media is a various meaning for communication, wich are owned and controlled by big business and government.Its any Kind of format used to send out information to a large number of people.
What is the purpose of the media? The purpose of media is to inform the public, help shape the public policy agenda and priorities.
What are different examples of media? There are various types of media like;
- Television (cable, network, satelite, etc.)
- Radio
- Movies
- Photography
- Electronics (e-mail, web etc.)
- Pod cast
- Web blogs
News MediaIssue:
After you've had somebody say to you for the thousandth time, “How come we never hear about these issues in the media,” you start to realize that the media itself is an issue
— Svend Robinson, 1997 [quoted from Rich Media, Poor Democracy by Robert McChesney, p.315]
Whenever possible, its strategy of choice is omission; it is exceedingly difficult for media consumers to quetion what is absent.
Steinlight,Stephen. Reading. Center for Immigration Studies, Washington D.C.December 2007
Solutions
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